Spartans win OT thriller over Nevada in tourney

Hosts Ratto, Bruce fired by 95.7 The Game

Omari Moore scored 26 points and Alvaro Cardenas Torre added seven in overtime as San Jose State beat Nevada 81-77 on Thursday night in the Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas.

Moore had 10 assists for the Spartans (20-12). Sage Tolbert scored 20 points while shooting 8 for 13 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line, and added six rebounds. Torre recorded 14 points and shot 4 for 11 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free throw line.

Jarod Lucas finished with 28 points and two steals for the Wolf Pack (22-9, 0-1).

San Jose State will face 20th-ranked San Diego State (25-6) tonight at 6:30 in a semifinal game at Thomas & Mack Center. EWING FIRED BY GEORGETOWN >> Patrick Ewing was fired as men's basketball coach at Georgetown after the latest in a series of rough seasons at the school he led to a national championship as a player in the 1980s.

Ewing was never a head coach at any level of the sport until getting the job with the Hoyas in 2017, and he leaves after a half-dozen years with a record of 75109. His last game was an 80-48 loss to Villanova on Wednesday night in the first round of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, the arena where Ewing was a star for the NBA's New York Knicks for so many years.

Georgetown went 7-25 this season, including 2-18 in regular-season conference play, a schedule capped by a 40-point loss to Creighton.

The past two seasons were particularly poor: The Hoyas won a combined total of 13 games while losing 50, a winning percentage of .206.

BAILEY, NO. 2 UCLA BEAT COLORADO >> Freshman

Amari Bailey scored a season-high 26 points and No. 2 UCLA (28-4) beat Colorado 80-69 in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinals in Las Vegas.

Sports talk radio

RATTO, BRUCE FIRED BY 95.7 THE GAME >> A downsizing at 95.7 The Game has put two high-profile, longtime Bay Area talk show hosts out of work.

Damon Bruce and Ray Ratto, who co-hosted “Damon and Ratto” from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, were informed Wednesday they were being let go.

Also let go was Kyle Madson, who produced “Damon and Ratto” and was an occasional fill-in host, and at least one other employee.

Bruce signed a contract extension in 2022, according to The Athletic, and referred all questions to his agent, who did not immediately return requests for comment. Bruce worked at KNBR as a producer in the 1990s and became a talk show host in 2005 through 2014, when he joined 95.7.

Ratto, who worked at KNBR as a fill-in host and co-host to Tom Tolbert after a long career with two San Francisco newspapers, said the move was surprising while not necessarily shocking.

“They called yesterday and basically just said, `That's it,' “Ratto said in a phone interview. “They sent me a package of stuff including severance that I've got to go over and decide when to sign.”

A representative for the station did not immediately return requests for comment on the moves. The Game officially announced the lineup change on Twitter Thursday afternoon, which will take the station from four shows to three and expanding those shows by an hour.

The new schedule will include The Morning Roast (Bonta Hill, Joe Shasky) from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Steiny and Guru (Matt Steinmetz, Daryle Johnston) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Willard and Dibs (Mark Willard, Dan Dibley) from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Ratto said he believed the move was “purely financial” and noted industry challenges in the Bay Area.

“I know that ads are hard to sell and both stations (including KNBR) are struggling,” Ratto said. “KGO went to an all-national gambling format so it's not like these are good times for radio in the Bay Area.” -- Jerry McDonald

Golf RAMEY SURPRISE LEADER AT PLAYERS >>

Chad Ramey managed to avoid stress and bogeys in The Players Championship for an 8-under 64, making him an unlikely leader on a TPC Sawgrass course that rarely fails to deliver a surprise.

Ramey had a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Collin Morikawa of Cal in mild conditions. Roughly half the field was at par or better.

Rory McIlroy had his highest score in just over a year. The 2019 Players champion shot a 76.

NHL WILD STAR KAPRIZOV OUT 3-4 WEEKS >>

All-Star left wing Kirill Kaprizov is expected to miss the next three to four weeks with a lower-body injury, the Minnesota Wild announced.

Kaprizov was hurt in the game on Wednesday at Winnipeg, when 6-foot-7 Jets defenseman Logan Stanley collided with him as he protected the puck and Stanley delivered a check.

Kaprizov leads the Wild with 39 goals, which was tied for sixth in the league as of Thursday.

Tennis WAWRINKA WINS IN RETURN TO INDIAN WELLS >>

Threetime Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, 37, made a successful return to the BNP Paribas Open after four years away, beating qualifier Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 at Indian Wells.

Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 U.S. Open, was back on court Thursday for the first time since January after having tonsilitis, and beat Danka Kovinic 6-2, 6-3.